Shepherds Warning

The tiltle of this poem might be a little confusing. It comes from the saying, "Red sky at morning, shepherds warning. Red sky at night, shepherds delight."

Reaper reaper take your seed, the grass if overgrown. The house has long since fallen, there is a dead ox behind the plow. The sky is filled with drought and storm the wolves all howl and bay, to see this red and bloody 'morn break slowly into day.

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